The Indoor Kids #100: 100th Episode with Steve Agee!

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Today is a special day, as it’s the 100th episode of The Indoor Kids, so we decided to bring back our 1st ever guest, way back when Emily wasn’t even on the show- it’s Steve Agee! We answer questions from listeners, we each count down our top five video games, and we discuss even more XBox One and E3 news with a Walk on the Burnside!

Hi, long time listener, first time commenter.
I found a copy of A Boy and his Blob for the Wii at gamestop yesterday and bought it ’cause I remembered hearing about it on the show. It’s obviously made for someone much younger than I am, but I’m actually having a lot of fun playing it.

Anyway congratulations of the 100 episodes, and here’s hoping for 100 more!

What’s interesting is that if the Xbox One was announced as having no physical drive and that all games would be digital only (something people expect to happen in the next few years) – you’d have most of the same restrictions, i.e., no used games, no trade-ins, no lending games, etc.. Would people still be complaining? Probably not.

It is also worth noting that these are restrictions that have existed on PCs for a long time. There are virtually no used games you can buy for PC – because everyone uses verification codes for this exact reason. With a PC game, you install it on your computer and can play it without the disc – so they use verification codes and such to make sure you can’t just pass the disc around to all your friends.

I feel you guys do not actually understand how amazing the Xbox game lending is. This console will be around for 8 years minimum. In 3 everything will be downloaded to the hard drive, same goes for PS4 and WiiU. Times are changing. Unless things change, Xbox is the only console that is ready for the reselling of games that have been downloaded. Not to mention free exchange between family (which family has not been defined yet), and to friends (it is only once which is lame). But all of this is better than the PC, PS4, and WiiU policy of downloadable games. Unless things change Xbox is the console of the future, and PS4 will have to change in a few years (which they probably will).